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Compare And Contrast Civilization And Western Civilization

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After listening to the Ancient America lecture and reading the textbook I learned, there are many similarities and differences among the civilizations found throughout the Western Hemisphere. Similar to the Anasazi, the woodland cultures believed in a supreme being. Anasazi believed more in celestial ruler while the woodland cultures believed more in everything in nature possessing a spirit, animism (Ancient America Lecture, Slide 28).The woodland cultures did not build pueblos, much like the Anasazi. Rather than building dwellings housing 800 rooms, they made things called mounds which were special burial places for chiefs.Besides both civilizations residing in Mesoamerica, Mayans and Aztecs they had more differences between each other. Mayans
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Chapter One reading Exercise: What regional differences in native societies and economies existed on the North American continent before European arrival? One of the major regional differences in the North American native societies before the arrival of Europeans is the hundred or so different languages spoken, political systems and set of religious beliefs throughout the numerous tribes. The location of the tribes affected the life their style as well. One example of are the Mound Builders as they are called in the book.

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Have you ever wondered what it’s like when the Mayan and Aztec lived ? The traditions of the Mayan and Aztec religion and art are very similar but have their differences. The Mayan and Aztec was polytheism (belief or worship of one or more god). Both Mayan and Aztec people believed in human sacrifices.

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For example In the Great Plains many tribes lived in Teepees, Teepees allowed the tribes to set up and disassemble shelter easily, this was helpful to the tribes in the Great Plains because they were always migrating. In contrast to the Great Plains, most tribes in the Northwest lived in long plank houses. In the Northwest there was more water resources and less need to migrate. The houses were built with think planks insulating the shelters, the houses also tied in with religion, there were many rooms in the houses and in each room a family and their children lived, when all the rooms were filled the house was either abandoned or burnt to the ground and they believed the family’s spirits

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Within the colonial Americas there were many different cultures and along with them many accompanying religions. Some of these cultures were native to the Americas and were broadly classified as Native Americans. The other cultures came from the Old World, white settlers, or black slaves. All of these groups had different religions and relationships with their creator(s). Three of these groups existed which all had religions that were similar in some regards but polar opposite in others.

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Though they are frequently heaped together as a one-dimensional, monolithic group, American Indian cultures were and still are far from an extremely homogenous cluster. However, there are similarities between the indigenous tribes and peoples of the Americas. The differences and similarities in these cultures generally stem from sources relating to physical location, and the Pueblo people of the southwest and the tribes of the Mississippi Valley are an example of this duality. One facet of culture that demonstrates the similarities and difference of the Mississippi Valley Indians and the Pueblo peoples is agriculture.

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The early modern era was a time when empires thrived across the globe. The Western Europeans were not the only ones to construct successful empires either. The Russian, Chinese, Mughal, and Ottoman empires added to this phenomenon. Although these empires share many similarities, they also have their differences. During the time, 1450 CE -1750 CE, European empires in the Americas and their Russian, Chinese, Mughal, and Ottoman counterparts are similar in that they all thrived and united diverse peoples and different in that European empires developed something entirely new, an interacting Atlantic World, while the other empires continued older patterns of historical development.

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Compare and contrast essay for the Maya, Aztec, and Inca tribes. In this essay I will be talking about the differences and similarities of these tribes. The first topic I will be comparing and contrasting is the religions of these tribes. The second topic is about the government of these tribes and the third is technology. The location for the mayan is Central america.

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When comparing the Southwest indians to the Eastern Woodlands indians I found there were some differences, in their homes, the indians in the Southwest had hut like homes made of stone or adobe while indians in the Eastern Woodlands had lodge like homes made from wood. Farming and hunting seemed to be big for the Eastern Woodlands, but most of the Southwest people were just gatherers and hunters when they could be, although there were some successful farmers. Both areas had hostile groups of people, but the two groups in the Southwest later became more settled and peaceful. The Eastern Woodlands and the Great Plains had a few differences, again their homes being one of them.

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Native Americans have a really diverse culture and one report is not enough to talk about all of their cultures. They have fourteen tribes so it is obvious that they will have a lot of different cultures and traditions between all fourteen tribes. It is impossible to have fourteen tribes with different people and expect them to all believe in the same things so some of them have different beliefs and different traditions. They worshipped a lot of gods and even some of the gods had dolls made for them. Some tribes worshipped the sun or fire or some serpents.

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The Egyptians and Mayans had many similarities and differences. Each was affected differently by their surroundings, yet their religious beliefs were very similar. This affected how each empire would grow, eventually collapse, and influence the future. Both architecture styles were used by settlers who took over the massive empires and farming techniques are still used till this day. However, the spiritual beliefs of both cultures were not passed down.

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Compare and contrast (Tribes) Introduction Inca, Aztecs and Mayan have similar lives then you would expect but just because there life is similar doesn 't mean there live aint different and in this paper you are gonna be learning how the inca, aztecs and mayan are similar. In this project there will be many points on how the Inca, Aztecs, and Mayans are different and similar like they both did sacrifices just not has often and different or how the aztecs and mayans live in CA and the Inca live in peru or how all of the tribes build pyramids. Similarities between Inca, Maya and aztecs So first lets take about how the Inca, Aztecs, and Mayan are similar.

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The ancient Mayans, who lived in parts of present-day Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, created one of the most complex and advanced civilizations in the Western Hemisphere. The Mayans accomplished many remarkable and influential achievements, most notably, in art, astronomy, and engineering. The achievements of the Mayans influenced the cultures around them and are still influential today. The Mayans created amazingly sophisticated works of art.

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Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Rudyard Kipling and India Rudyard Kipling has written several fictional books which are basically founded on his experiences with the British in India and the rest of the world – colonization, the empire and British expansion. He has been described by Adams as “the Herodotus of the British empire” who was interested in almost all aspects of the empire, for example, buildings, the fod, and the people among other things. Among his fictional works include The Jungle Books which will for the basic of the arguments presented herein. The works of Kipling will be argued as Kipling’s perspectives of the British in India, especially the colonization, the empire and British expansion.

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Throughout history, there have been many significant events that have affected the world in different ways, one being the invention of Christianity. The role of Christianity has been complexly tangled with the history and formation of the western civilization. Christianity has affected the world in many ways, but most noticeably through politics by diminishing the power of Roman authority, society by affecting the way Roman citizens live, and religion by stopping the progression of Islam. First, the invention of Christianity had a huge effect on the politics of the western civilization.

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